A three judge bench headed by CJI SA Bobde passed the order while considering an application filed by registrar general of Delhi high court to relieve special judge Bharat Parashar currently hearing the coal scam casesThe Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for two special courts to try the coal scam cases. Presently, there are 41 coal block allocation scam cases pending trial with the Patiala House sessions court in Delhi.
A three judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde passed the order while considering an application filed by registrar general of Delhi high court to relieve special judge Bharat Parashar currently hearing the coal scam cases.
The CJI-headed bench had requested the high court to supply a panel of names of judicial officers with “high calibre and absolute integrity” to replace Parashar . It received a set of five names.
Out of the said names, the bench, also comprising justices AS Bopanna and V Ramsubramanian, selected two names — Arun Bharadwaj and Sanjay Bansal.
